Transparent Salps May Play Conspicuous Ecological Role MarineBio Marine Life Directory

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Jun. 10, 2005 - Their quest was salps - transparent, gelatinous animals whose large populations contain both 10-centimeter-long specimens and colonies that form chains several meters long. The researchers sought to learn the rudiments of this little-known southern hemispheric species: how much they eat, how fast they reproduce, and how much organic matter they transport to deeper water.

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